About the book: 1989 / The area where Grigory Adamov's story "The Paths of the Future" is set is Sverdlovsk, in the last quarter of the twentieth century. And the author places the main emphasis on the use of solar energy as a free source of electricity. At this time, the USSR was already far ahead of the capitalist countries on the path of progress. In this country, instead of trains and planes, air transport (Ulinsky's thermoelectric ships) is used, televisions (prototypes of video phones) are used for communication, agricultural technology has made a huge step forward, and cities are powered exclusively by solar energy…